ὄφελον (for
ὠφελον, without the augment, 2 aorist of
ὀφείλω; in earlier Greek with an infinitive, as
ὠφελον θανεῖν,
I ought to have died, expressive of a wish, equivalent to
would that I were dead; in later Greek it assumes the nature of an interjection, to be rendered)
would that, where one wishes that a thing had happened which has not happened, or that a thing be done which probably will not be done (cf.
Winers Grammar, 301f (283);
Buttmann, § 150, 5): with an optative present
Revelation 3:15 Rec.; with an indicative imperfect, Rev. ibid. G L T Tr WH; 2 Corinthians 11:1 (Epictetus diss. 2, 18, 15; Ignatius ad Smyrn. c. 12 [ET]); with an indicative aorist, 1 Corinthians 4:8 (Psalm 118:5 (Ps. 119:5); ὄφελον ἀπεθάνομεν, Exodus 16:3; Numbers 14:2; Numbers 20:3); with the future, Galatians 5:12 (Lucian, soloec. (or Pseudosoph.) 1, where this construction is classed as a solecism). Cf. Passow, ii., p. 603{a}; (Liddell and Scott, under the word ὀφείλω, II. 3).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Exodus
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16:3
- Numbers
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14:2; 20:3
- Psalms
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118:5; 119:5
- 1 Corinthians
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4:8
- 2 Corinthians
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11:1
- Galatians
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5:12
- Revelation
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3:15
